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• Little dog goes on big adventures with BASE jumper Dean Potter

  18-04-2015 23:57
  
  Dean Potter is no stranger to going big. He climbs free solo — without ropes. He's set speed records climbing Yosemite's El Capitan.
  
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• Tornado Confirmed In Yuma, Tornado Watches For NE Colorado

  18-04-2015 23:49
  
  A tornado was confirmed near Yuma in northeast Colorado on Saturday afternoon. No damage was reported.
  
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• High Times' editor hints some will still sample at Cannabis Cup

  18-04-2015 23:37
  
  By now you've read that the free sampling of vendors' marijuana, edibles and concentrates — a long-standing Cannabis Cup tradition — will no longer happen so freely at the Denver
  
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• BMW recalling 91,800 Mini Coopers to fix air bag problem

  18-04-2015 23:27
  
  BMW is recalling 91,800 Mini Coopers to fix a defect that may prevent the air bag on the front passenger side of the cars from deploying in a crash.
          
  
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• Ryan Lochte, healthy again, begins buildup for worlds, then Olympics

  18-04-2015 23:21
  
  The 11-time Olympic medalist, a year after knee injury, is working hard again in training.
          
  
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• No kid-ding: children go for baby goats at Boulder fete

  18-04-2015 23:20
  
  A soggy morning blossomed into awarm and sunny day Saturday as hundreds of people lined up to enjoy a uniquely Boulder event.
  
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• Brews and power tools at 'I Made It' workshop

  18-04-2015 23:20
  
  Visit the "I Made It" Workshop in the art district on Santa Fe for brews and power tools.
          
  
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• Band Hurt In Tour Bus Crash Cancels Denver Show

  18-04-2015 23:01
  
  Several members of a band were among the dozen people injured in a crash involving tour buses for two different bands and two trucks on a foggy stretch of Interstate 70 east of Denver on Friday.
  
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• Umpire leaves game after being hit in the face by 96 mile-per-hour pitch

  18-04-2015 22:19
  
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• Spike In Violence Prompts Cole Neighborhood Meeting With Police

  18-04-2015 22:10
  
  People living in the Cole neighborhood met with police on Friday because they are concerned about recent escalating violence in the area.
  
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• Different paths to peace after Oklahoma City bombing

  18-04-2015 22:09
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Time has healed some wounds for relatives of those killed in the Oklahoma City bombing 20 years ago this weekend, but some have found that moving on meant moving away.
  
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• Finalist for Colorado health exchange CEO withdraws

  18-04-2015 21:49
  
  Malone has been CEO of Assist Group, a Lakewood-based company dealing with insurance claims review and resolution, since 2013.
          
  
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• Construction Still Underway Amid VA Hospital Storm

  18-04-2015 21:40
  
  Plumbers, electricians and carpenters are still at work on the veterans hospital in Aurora while the Veterans Affairs Department struggles to find another $830 million to finish it.
  
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• Shooting Victim’s Murder Unsolved, Police Search For Gunman

  18-04-2015 21:09
  
  Police need the public's help tracking down a gunman who shot a man to death outside a home earlier this month.
  
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• Colorado fashion designer's top spring tips

  18-04-2015 20:54
  
  Salwa Owens has been a fashionista since the age of seven.
          
  
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• New Pew poll: 53% of Americans want legal pot; most want feds to butt out

  18-04-2015 20:52
  
  Marijuana legalizers are winning the battle for hearts and minds.That's one takeaway from a new Pew Research Center survey on public attitudes toward marijuana legalization.
  
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• Space experts endorse sharing military satellite data

  18-04-2015 20:52
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Air Force Space Command leaders are working on plans to share data with civilians from satellites controlled by the military.
  
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• Threatening Message On School Bathroom Nets Charges For Teen

  18-04-2015 20:50
  
  A teenager is facing charges after allegedly writing a threatening message on the walls of the bathroom at Legacy High School.
  
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• Flooding Concerns Surface For Some Boulder Residents After Rain, Snow

  18-04-2015 20:42
  
  This week's snow and rain, with more in the forecast, has brought up flooding concerns for some people living in Boulder.
  
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• Fracking Wastewater Tank Explosion: Concerns Over Contaminated Water Reaching Farms

  18-04-2015 20:21
  
  Crews worked to keep contamination out of nearby farms and irrigation ditches after tanks at a fracking wastewater facility in Weld County burst into flames on Friday afternoon.
  
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• 9Health Fair 'trail blazer' making nutrition a priority

  18-04-2015 19:51
  
  Shana Fraley wants to make nutrition a priority for this year.
          
  
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• VA Offering A Look Inside Troubled Denver-Area Hospital

  18-04-2015 19:21
  
  The Veterans Affairs Department is offering a look inside its unfinished hospital in Aurora as it struggles to persuade Congress to approve another $830 million to complete the facility.
  
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• USA Cycling Reconvenes To Examine Pan-Am Championship Picks

  18-04-2015 19:19
  
  USA Cycling is reconsidering its selections for next month's Pan Am Championships, a decision that could keep reigning Olympic gold medalist Kristin Armstrong from beginning her comeback.
  
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• Man Gets 100-Year Term In Murder Of Teacher In Oil Boom Town

  18-04-2015 19:00
  
  A man was sentenced to 100 years in prison Friday in a Montana teacher's murder — a case that local officials say robbed the victim's rural hometown of its innocence amid an oil boom that's swept across the Northern Plains.
  
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• Time To Grab Some New Studs Before Anyone Else In Your Fantasy League Does

  18-04-2015 18:58
  
  It's still early in the season, and you don't want to give up on key players too soon — even if they're slumping through the first two weeks of the season. But smart fantasy baseball owners also want to make sure they grab rising stars while they can — and before it's too late.
  
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• Florida gyrocopter pilot driving home to await next hearing

  18-04-2015 18:54
  
  RUSKIN, Fla. (AP) — A mail carrier is driving back to Florida to await his next hearing for flying his gyrocopter onto the U.
  
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• Denver says it likely will grant Monday 4/20 rally permit

  18-04-2015 18:46
  
  A Denver Parks and Recreation spokesman says permitting officials likely will allow the organizer of this weekend's pro-marijuana4/20 festival in Civic Center Park to also host a stripped-downrally there on Monday.
  
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• Colorado Climber Of Yosemite Fame To Appear At Film Festival

  18-04-2015 18:39
  
  A professional climber from Estes Park who completed a first ascent in Yosemite National Park will appear at a film festival in Carbondale.
  
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• Thousands To Begin 4/20 Pot Celebrations In Colorado

  18-04-2015 18:24
  
  Thousands of tourists and marijuana activists are getting an early start celebrating the unofficial stoner holiday of 4/20.
  
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• Dumb Friends League Furry Scurry dog walk

  18-04-2015 18:24
  
  The walk begins at 9 a.m. on May 2.
          
  
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• Rockies’ Kyle Kendrick Loses 7-3 To Kershaw And Dodgers

  18-04-2015 18:18
  
  Kyle Kendrick found himself behind after only 15 pitches in his matchup with reigning NL MVP Clayton Kershaw.
  
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• 5 years on, empty graves, full hearts for Gulf survivors

  18-04-2015 18:04
  
  JONESVILLE, La. (AP) — Courtney Kemp was getting dressed for work when husband Wyatt walked in and sat down, not saying a word.
  
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• Travelers diverted from DIA to Colorado Springs delayed

  18-04-2015 17:59
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — At least eight planes were diverted from Denver to Colorado Springs on Friday because of weather, and some passengers were left sitting on the tarmac for hours.
  
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• Soaring gang violence in Denver on track to surpass five-year high

  18-04-2015 17:18
  
  Denver residents are increasingly frustrated with a rash of gang-related murders and assaultsthat has the city on track to record its most violent year since 2010.
  
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• Man charged in death of Thompson schools CFO

  18-04-2015 16:49
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities have charged a Fort Collins man who has Parkinson's disease with vehicular homicide and reckless driving after his truck slammed into another vehicle and killed a local school district's chief financial officer.
  
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• Police Body Cameras, Training Get Initial Colorado House OK

  18-04-2015 16:40
  
  Measures to expand the use of police body cameras and updates to officer training have cleared the Colorado House.
  
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• Alabama Officials: ‘Military Mistress’ Released By Mistake

  18-04-2015 16:24
  
  An Alabama sheriff's deputy released a woman dubbed the "Military Mistress," who is wanted in three states, because a radio dispatcher failed to pass along that there were warrants out for her arrest, the agency said Friday.
  
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• I-70 westbound closed at Morrison

  18-04-2015 15:53
  
  Numerous Colorado Highways and interstates were closed after rain, snow and fog socked the state this weekend.
          
  
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• Twin Shadow's tour bus in 4-vehicle crash on I-70; 12 injured

  18-04-2015 08:38
  
  Fog to the east and heavy snow to the west caused traffic chaos on both flanks of Denver on Friday.
  
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• Private medical care for veterans proposed during Aurora forum

  18-04-2015 08:25
  
  A national veterans group is calling forradical reforms within theDepartment of Veterans Affairs —including a gradual transfer of medical care from the Veterans Health Administration toprivate doctors.
  
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• Gun-magazine bill rift leads to unheard of maneuver in Colorado House

  18-04-2015 08:25
  
  The schism among conservatives over Colorado's gun laws widenedthis week when four House Republicans formed a secret pact and pushed for a procedural move that exposes five members topotentially tough primaries in 2016.
  
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• Fort Carson soldiers charged with stealing, selling weapons on eBay

  18-04-2015 08:24
  
  Two current Fort Carson soldiers and a former one are among four people who have been charged in connection with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of military weapons, gear and robots, then selling them to a middle man who sold them on eBay for a fraction of their worth.
  
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• Fire at Greeley fracking operation nearly under control

  18-04-2015 08:23
  
  A fire burning at oil product tanks at a Greeley well was close to being extinguished Friday evening, fire officials said.
  
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• Jefferson Parkway gets legal victory in 10th Circuit Court of Appeals

  18-04-2015 08:22
  
  The controversial Jefferson Parkway, long entangled in a series of courtroom challenges, won a major legal battle Friday when the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a complex land swap that enables construction of the Broomfield-to-Goldenhighway to move ahead.
  
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• Colorado health insurance exchange loses CEO finalist after long hunt

  18-04-2015 08:22
  
  The Connect for Health Colorado board announced Friday it has lost its CEO finalist candidate and is resuming conversations with a short list of active candidates.
  
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• Passenger: 'We felt like we were hostages'

  18-04-2015 06:36
  
  Bad weather grounded a Denver-bound flight in Colorado Springs, leaving passengers on the runway for more than six hours.
          
  
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• Lightning strike sparks oil tank fire near Greeley

  18-04-2015 06:34
  
  Firefighters have contained a blaze at the site of an oil and gas wastewater injection site near the Greeley airport. The fire began when lightning struck a water storage tank. The water contained traces of hydrocarbons, which ignited.
          
  
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• NBA salary cap will soar when new TV money kicks in

  18-04-2015 06:24
  
  Salary cap will be more than $100 million in just a few seasons
          
  
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• Two men rob Denver Credit Union at gunpoint on Friday

  18-04-2015 06:01
  
  Two men robbed a Public Service Credit Union in Denver at gunpoint Friday afternoon.
  
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• Douglas County Schools Apologize For Late Call On Closing Some Schools

  18-04-2015 04:34
  
  The Douglas County School District is apologizing after a late decision to cancel classes at Castle View High School and six other feeder schools.
  
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